A person is considered "Jewish" if this parent was Jewish
What is their mother.
100
This is a communal place of worship for Jews
What is a synagogue
100
This is one of the best known Jewish holidays. It is the festival of dedication, or the festival of lights. It lasts for 8 days and is usually celebrated in December.
What is Hanukkah
100
The sacred writings of Judaism
What is the Torah
200
In this year, Abraham received a vision from God that instructed him to leave his home of Ur and move to Haran, and later Canaan.
What is 2000 BCE
200
This is the process of conversion into Judaism
What is Gerut
200
According to Jewish tradition, when the Hebrews received the Ten Commandments, they were told to make an ark in which to place them. This is the name given to that ark
What is the Ark of the Covenant.
200
This symbol is one of the most well known for Judaism. It is thought to be the shape of King David's shield.
What is the Star of David, or the 6-pointed star
200
This is where the two largest communities of Jewish people live in Canada
What is Montreal and Toronto
300
These two main ideas emerged to form the foundations of Judaism.
What are that Jews were God's chosen people and that Jews would be given a promised land.
300
1. There is a God 2. There is only one God 3. God created the world, but the world will not last forever 4. There is only one universe 5. God cares for the world and all of its creatures. These are known as:
What is the Five Fundamental Concepts
300
On sunset, on this day, Jews go to a service at the synagogue, return home for a family dinner and sing songs of prayer and thanksgiving
What is Friday
300
This feast of Passover is usually held in April over seven or eight days and is an extremely important holiday because it commemorates the freeing of the Hebrews from slavery - the Exodus.
What is Pesach
300
The idea and promise of the return of the people of Israel to the Promised land.
What is Zionism
400
Here, God appeared and gave Moses the 10 Commandments.
What is Mount Sinai.
400
In the Jewish tradition, the act of performing a good deed is called this
What is "mitzvah"
400
This reading is considered to be the central part of most worship services
What is reading the torah
400
This ram's horn is used to call people together
What is the shofar
400
The survivors of this pushed to live the Zionist dream, and with international support and by force of arms, in 1948 the State of Israel was reborn out of Palestine.
What is the Holocaust
500
The Israelites lived a nomadic existence in the Sinai for 40 years until they reached this land.
What is Canaan. (present day Israel)
500
When Jews write or read the name of God, they can also use one of these two words as substitutes
What are Lord and Adonay
500
The Jewish dietary laws of Kashruth are known as this way of eating
What is Kosher
500
This 9 branched candle holder is used primarily at Hanukkah celebrations. It represents a sacred lamp that only had enough oil to burn for 1 day, but burned for 8 more days.